Organisational Readiness for Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management in Construction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 65-82

  Siemieniuch, Carys E ^a   Sinclair, Murray A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Manager; Manufacturing; Products; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889449371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470759554.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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